Marshall was limited in practice Friday after injuring his hamstring last Monday against Houston and did not make enough progress in his recovery to warrant playing Sunday. Nor did Talib, apparently, whose low-back pain kept him out of two day practices last week and limited him Friday.

Starting in their place are linebacker Corey Nelson and cornerback Bradley Roby, respectively.

Wish I could be out there with my brothers today.. but I know my guy @C_Ne7son gon ball!

The good news for the Broncos is outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware will play in his first game since Sept. 18, when he injured his forearm against the Colts. Ware was limited in practice last week and announced his return about two hours before kickoff Sunday.

“It’s a process, getting my arm acclimated back to punching guys, doing pass-rush moves and it’s a day-to-day process,” Ware said earlier in the week, admitting the arm did feel 100 percent. “I don’t know if I’m going to play this week, I don’t know if I’m going to play next week, but if it progresses like it should, you know I’ll be out there.”

Center Matt Paradis, who was also listed as questionable with hip soreness last week, is also active. Paradis has played every offensive snap this season and last, and Kubiak believed he would be fine playing without practicing last week — if his health permitted.

“This is something that Matt has played through before,” Kubiak said Friday. “I would have liked for him to have gotten some work today, but after further consideration this morning, we decided not to. Can Matt go play and lead our group on Sunday without practicing? Yes. There’s no doubt about that. We’ll see. We’ll see how far he comes. We’ll get him moving around tomorrow, but I know he was doing much better today.”

Nicki Jhabvala is the lead Broncos and NFL beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving at The Post in 2014, she spent nearly two years as a senior staff editor at The New York Times and five years at Sports Illustrated.

The Broncos last spring entered the middle rounds of the NFL draft on the hunt for game-breaking talent. And when Carlos Henderson (third-round pick) and Isaiah McKenzie (fifth) started making plays under the glaring August sun at training camp, it appeared Denver would have a youthful injection to its sagging offense in 2017.